Hat and coat hanger



Oct. 30, 1934. A B STEWART 1,978,770

HAT AND COAT HANGER Original Filed May 16, 1933 Summer 0% SZkwamZ' MGrim-Regs.

Patented Oct. 30, 1934 UNITED STATES PAreNr Original application May 16,1933, Serial No.

671,415. Divided and this application November 13, 1933, Serial No.697,846

2 Claims.

The present invention relates to improvements in hat and coat hangersand is a division of my co-pending similarly entitled application,Serial No. 671,415, filed May 16, 1933, now Patent No. 1,939,027, whichissued December 12, 1933.

In common with the objects stated in the parent case, the presentinvention aims to provide an improved hat and coat hanger in whichadequate provision is made for the neat and convenient hanging of coats,vests, hats and other garments and in which simplicity of constructionand inexpensiveness in manufacture prevail.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel form of hat andcoat hanger strongly made from inexpensive wire twisted and fashioned ina way to provide strength and easy reception for the garments placedthereon.

With the foregoing and other objects in View, the invention will be morefully described hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed outin the claims appended hereto.

In the drawing, wherein like symbols refer to like or correspondingparts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an improved hat and coat hangerconstructed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a front view of the same.

Figure 3 is a rear view, and

Figure 4 is a top plan view of the hat support with the remainder of thedevice removed.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, it will be apparent that thedevice is made entirely of wire.

The ends of the Wire are represented at and 36, the same being coiledabout the two standards 37 and 38 which are preferably arranged inparallelism and in contact.

The hat rest is formed by relatively large loops 39 and 40 formed at theupper ends of the standards 37 and 38 by carrying the wire from suchstandards horizontally and after the formation of the loops the terminalends 35 and 36 of the Wire are wrapped in opposite directions about thestandards 37 and 38 just below said loops 39 and 40.

The standards are bent, as indicated at 41, in order that the hat restmay be carried outwardly of the wall 42. At the lower ends of thestandards, such standards diverge in opposite directions, as indicatedby the strands 43 and 44, which are looped, as at 45 and 46, at theirouter ends in order to provide openings for screws or other fasteningswhich will take into the wall 42. From the loop 45 a strand 47 isbrought substantially horizontally in parallelism with the companionstrand 43 and from this strand 47 the wire is carried outwardly from thewall to form a coat hook 48, the wire being doubled upon itself in theformation of this hook 48, and the other end of the wire after formingthe hook 48 being carried downwardly to constitute a leg 49 whichcarries the other hook 50.

This hook 50 is also formed by doubling the wire upon itself and thencecarrying the wire upwardly in a leg 51 which parallels the leg 49. Across wire 52 at the upper end of the leg 51 joins with the loop 46 andis crimped or bent about the leg 49 as indicated at 53.

Hats may be placed on the loops 39 and 40 forming the hat rest, andcoats, vests and the like hung about the hooks 48 and 50.

This also forms an extremely cheap yet strong and rigid constructionmade entirely from a single strand of wire.

It will be obvious that various changes could be made in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts which could be usedwithout departing from the spirit of my invention and I do not mean tolimit the invention to such details except as particularly pointed outin the claims appended hereto.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States is:-

1. In a device of the kind described, a single strand of wire fashionedto provide substantially vertical parallel standards having horizontallylooped portions at their upper ends to form a hat rest and with theterminal ends of the wire wrapped around the standards, the lower endsof said standards being offset to space the hat rest from a wall andsaid oiiset portion being bent in opposite directions to provide eyesfor receiving fastening means adapted to enter a support, and hooksformed from the lower portions of said standards and eyes.

2. In a device of the kind described, a single strand of Wire bent toprovide substantially vertical standards, the end portions of the wireat the upper ends of said standards being bent horizontally in oppositedirections to form two opposed loops constituting a hat rest, theterminal ends of the wire being wrapped about the standards below theloops, the lower portions of said standards being offset to space thehat rest from a wall and shaped to provide eyes for resting against thewall to receive fastening means, hooks fashioned from the lower portionsof said standards, one hook having legs to support the same, one of saidlegs crossing the other and having a crimped part.

ADELBERT BREWER STEWART.

